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HOLYOKE – Two graduates of Holyoke High School each will get a $1,500 scholarship presented Thursday by Mayor Alex B. Morse and Comcast.

Cody Hodgins and Hugh Lavelle, who graduated in June, were chosen based on their response to this year’s question: “What do you think the Massachusetts Green High-Performance Computing Center means for the city of Holyoke, and how do you think this can contribute to Holyoke’s economic revitalization?”

Five colleges, including Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, are working with two private firms and the state to build the $165 million computing center for academic research on Bigelow Street. The facility is scheduled to open late this year.

The Annual Comcast Scholarship Awards will be awarded at 11:30 a.m. in the mayor’s office at City Hall.